Be aware that IT salary levels are up to 30% higher in large cities on the east and west coasts, roughly average in the South Atlantic (Florida to Delaware), and about average to modestly lower in the Midwest, Mountain West, and South. Exceptions to this abound, however. In the Mountain West city of Boulder, for instance, IT salaries are 13 percent higher than average.

More specifically, here’s how 2014 IT salaries in major metropolitan areas compare to the average:

• Atlanta: 5% higher (no change from 2012)

• Boston: 33% higher (up from 32% in 2012)

• Chicago: 23% higher (no change from 2012)

• Dallas/Houston: 5-6% higher

• Irvine: 24.5% higher

• Los Angeles: 25% higher

• Miami/Fort Lauderdale: 6.7% higher

• New York, NY: 41% higher

• Philadelphia: 15% higher

• San Diego: 18.5% higher

• San Francisco: 35.5% higher

• San Jose: 33% higher

• Seattle: 18.9% higher

• Stamford: 31% higher

• Washington, DC: 30.5% higher

Salary data courtesy of Robert Half Technology. Request a copy of the complete Robert Half Salary Guide, which includes salary ranges for more than 60 different job titles in the U.S. and Canada.

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